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- L. D.SAXTON. SOFT TBEAD HOBSBSHOE.

Patented July 20,1897.

U Nrrni) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Lioxicr. '1). euros, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,VASSIGNOR TO iionis GOODMAN, on NEW YORK, N.

SOFT-TREAD HORS ESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,696, dated July 20, 1897. Application filed October 12, 1896- Serial No. 608,54'7. illo model.)

To rtZZ whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LToNnL D. SAXTON, a citizen of the United. States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful ln'iprovement in llorseshoes,'whieh improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

M y invention consists of a horseshoe or other animal shoe which is provided on its under face with pads or cushions which are seated in grooves, alternating with which is a neck or necks, which pads or cushions and neck or necks constitute the tread of the shoe, th us prevcn ting slipping, providing a balance for the shoe, and increasing the strength thereof, while equalizing the Wear of the tread.

Figure 11. represents a bottom view of a horseshoe embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof on line .1: .r, 1. l igil represents a transverse section on line 5 1 Fig. 1. Fig. i represents a vertical section of a portion of another form of my invention. Fig. 5 represents a bottom view of a portion of. a modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

lteterring to the drawings, A. designates a horseshoe in the under face of which are recesses or grooves ll, which extend in the longitudinal direction of the sides thereof.

(3 d csignates a do\vnwardly-projecting neck which micupics a position on the under face oi the shoe at the toe portion thereof, the same being, solid'n itlfi said portion and joining the walls of the adjacent ends of the grooves .13, it being seen that the neck is between the sair'l grooves and closes the front ends thereof.

Within the grooves vb are seated the upper pin-tiousoi' ihe padsor cushions l), which are formed of alternate layers oi. canvas or other l'nln'ic and elastic material, such as rubber or rubber product, the sides oi said pads or cushions being pressed in or pinched by the depending lips E onv the \vallsot' the grooves,

said lips being inturifed, so as to forcibly en gage with the (Hill iguous parts of the sides of the pads or cushiens and compress the same, thus iirnily holding the pads in position.

In Fig. i the neck i shown as a.- separate piece of metal inserted in the cavity G ii the toe portion of the shoe and held therein by a dovetailed joint or otherwise.

Above the tread is a horizontally-projeein,

ing rim II, from whos outer face depends the; p

verticallip J, which is adapted to engage with the ground when thehoof is presented at an angle thereto, so as to take firm hold of the same and further prevent slipping. f

If desired, the number of necks may be increased, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l. and full lines in Fig. 5, in which case the continuity of the groove on each side of the shoe is broken and the necks join the walls of tlib grooves as thus formed, as shown at O C in said Fig. 5.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure b Letters Patent, is-

1.; A horseshoe having grooves in its under face with a separating downwardly-projecting neck, integral with the body of the-shoe, and a horizontally-projecting rim with a depending lip, the Walls of said grooves having depending lips.

2. A horseshoe having the grooves'B in its under face extending from the heel to the toe portion thereof, the downWardly-projoting toe-piece O separating the front ends of said grooves, cushions held insaidgrooves, and

the horizontal rim II having the downwardlyprojeeting lip J.

3. A horseshoe having the grooves B in its under face extending from the heel to the toe portion thereof, the downwardly-projecting toe-piece O separating the ends of said grooves, the horizontal rim I-I having the downwaidly-projecting lip J, and the cushions of fibrous material and rubber held in said grooves.

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